In what could pass for a direct response for avalanche of
attacks on his person most recently, the Rivers state Governor, Siminalayi
Fubara has vowed that he would never give away his kidney or liver just to be
loyal to anybody.
“As a matter of fact,
I belong to that school of thought that if I am the only person that needs to
stand on that side of right, I will stand there. I don’t need anybody to stand
with me. I cannot give my kidney or liver to anybody, I won’t. If that is the
only reason for me to be loyal, I will not be. But, I will not do the wrong
thing. I will stand for the side of right”, Fubara said.
On the allegation by the FCT minister, Nyesom Wike of a
state-sponsored attempt to bomb the venue of the grand civic reception by
Rivers Ijaw People’s Council, RIVCO, at Rainbow Town, in Port Harcourt on
Saturday in his honor, Fubara said, “I make bold to say it, there is no
security agency in this State that I have called any day to go and do something
wrong. I have never. I don’t have a need for it. But I know what they do, and
they keep failing because God has left them.”
Governor Fubara made the assertion at the
Inter-denominational Church Thanksgiving Service organised as part of
activities marking the 64th Independence Day Celebration of Nigeria at St.
Paul’s Cathedral of the Anglican Communion at Garrison Junction in Port
Harcourt on Sunday.
The Governor explained that he signed the contractual sum of
N200billion loan papers from Zenith Bank to fund the construction of the
50.15-kilometer dual carriage Port Harcourt Ring Road as project started by his
administration, adding that his administration is embarking on the construction
of the Trans-Kalabari Road project worth N225.1billion, plus the General Hospitals
together with the Psychiatric Hospital in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area,
among others, which nobody can lay claims to at all and that the projects were
being funded without borrowing.
“They even say, they don’t know what we are doing. Let me
remind them, it is Fubara that signed the paper to borrow from Zenith Bank the
N200billion for the construction of the Port Harcourt Ring Road. So, it is my
project. It is Fubara that awarded the Trans-Kalabari Road that they couldn’t
do. They did only a bridge from Krakrama, but I am the one doing it: the
complete span, and it is N225billion. I didn’t borrow.
“It is this same Fubara that is building a General Hospital,
which I also included a Psychiatric Hospital because they will need it very
soon. So, tell them that what I did in one
year is what they did in 8 years. It is only empty container that makes
noise. If God has given you opportunity, eat your plantain and keep quiet. God
will continue to give us the strength to do the best for our people, without fear.”
“Very soon, you will see what we are doing. It is not about
doing roads to your business interest. I don’t have any business interest.
Whatever I am doing, I am doing it for the people of Rivers State. We will not
take any decision that we cannot defend. We won’t be part of anything that will
bring any form of disgrace to our dear State. This State is important to us. It
is the only thing that we have.
“It is the beautiful pride. That is why they are struggling,
coupled with the improvement in Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) we have
done. That is why they are struggling, we know. But, do it with modesty, you
don’t need to destroy the house.”
Fubara went spiritual when he said that “God has a reason
for allowing the devil or the evil one to stay long. It is not that He can’t
take him or take them away but He gives them time to repent. And when they
continue, He will come heavily, and then, they would say, it would have been
better that they had left when they had time. That will be our story in this
State. But, you see, anybody that is making noise for recognition, it is a sign
that he has lost it. By the special grace of God, I don’t need introduction. I
have the name, and I am the one standing here.”
Governor insisted that he was still a member of the People’s
Democratic Party, PDP, despite the ongoing crisis. “As a matter of fact, I am a
member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), but I know that there will be
election that I am conducting. So, I have to invite you to come and receive
prayers. And little did I know, the Bishop gave you the prayers.
“For those of you that are going to participate in the
election, please, I want the election to be peaceful, very important. When you
emerge, our major concern is the people. Care for the people. We have taken
Rivers State into a different driveway.”
Preaching at the service on the topic: “Navigating the odds
in our nation, Nigeria”, the Archbishop of Niger Delta Province, Most Reverend
Blessing Enyindah bemoaned Nigeria at its 64th Independence anniversary, saying
it seemed like a country under siege wherein its citizens are held up as
captives with no hope brighter than noonday to expect.
Archbishop Enyindah, who is also the Bishop, Diocese of
Ikwerre, and Dean of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, blamed leaders
across sectors, particularly political leaders for the nation’s woes because,
zccirding to him, instead of liberating the people from social, economical and
political imprisonment, they accentuate
poverty, economic hardship and soaring prices of goods.
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